[Zope] Re: BTreeFolder

Shane Hathaway shane@zope.com
Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:30:22 -0400


Chris Withers wrote:
> Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
>>The newest code stores *all* subobject data in BTrees; no more giant
>>tuple.  That giant tuple turned out to be a bit of a problem for very
>>large folders, since every time you add or remove an item, a new
>>multi-megabyte pickle is generated, transferred, and appended to a file.
>>   That problem is gone now.  The newest code also features unit tests,
>>a CMF-friendly version, conflict prevention, and a unique ID generation
>>utility.
> 
> 
> Would you consider the code suitable for production use yet?

Yes, a version of it is in production.  I still expect to change it, 
though. ;-)

Shane